I work on a college campus. And so one of the areas of sin that scandal that is really apparent

is when you might call the big three. Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is the

Sentra Presents. I remember talking to a man once, he said one of the most frightening verses in the

Bible was it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich

person to enter the kingdom of heaven. He said, worldwide, globally speaking, I'm wealthy compared to the rest of the world. You know, here we are in America. And then he also had done pretty well financially. He's like, that's a scary line. He said, if you could hear, if you can hear that verse in the United States of America and be in the middle class or upper middle class or even

beyond that that should scare you another scary line is if one of you should cause one of these

little ones to sin it would it would be better for a great millstone Jesus said this a great millstone

would placed around his neck and to be cast into the sea. Because one of these little ones to send.

So for myself, I know that this is a, that's a fear, especially when it comes to teachers.

I mean, it comes to preaching when it comes to representing Jesus, representing the church.

This is a real fear. In fact, I remember the day, it was a moral theology with Professor Dr. Christopher

Thompson at the St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul. And we went through this. And he said, gentlemen,

because I was talking about a seminarian, is planning to be priests, citing to be priests. He said,

listen, if you want to know how serious, how serious all of this is, if you go on to get ordained, you go on to be a representative

of Jesus and his church in this world, he said, I have one word for you, and that word is millstones.

If you cause one of these little ones to sin, it'd be better for a great millstone to be placed

around your neck and be cast into the sea. In fact, even James. James says this. He says,

not many of you should aspire to be teachers, my brethren, because as teachers, you'll be liable

to a stricter judgment. There's that sense of, like, our actions have weight. And if you're

going to be a Christian, your actions have weight. They have significance. Not just for priests,

not just for teachers, but for any Christian. Our actions have weight. They have significance. Not just for priests, not just for teachers,

but for any Christian. Our actions have weight. So what do we call it? We call that scandal.

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